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Show Septembr-Octob4- r Issue FARM BUREAU NEWS Page 7 First "Race Without Speed" Held In Rich Farm Bureau County Young People became the first young peoples county organization to hold a race without speed. Rich This program was adopted earlier this year by the State Young Peoples Committee as a program for the counties to use. Rich Countys contest was under the direction of Robert Jackson, County Young Peoples Chairman. Contestants were divided into two classes, those with automatic transmissions and those with standard transmissions. A route of travel was laid out for thfe contestants that covered 50 miles. A time limit of 90 minutes was given to complete the run. Winners were determined on a ton mile basis, which is the same formula used in national economy runs. The cars weight in tons is multiplied by the actual miles per gallon achieved and the highest figure is the winner. His formula is designed to allow heavier cars to compete with the smaller Old-tim- e schoolhouse (about 4 inches high) on the Farm Bureau e farms in the background. exhibit, with old-tim- ones. 1967 Rich County Dairy Princess Kathy Hatch crowns Darlene Rex, new princess. Attendants are Tana Hoffman and Sheryln Cook. ' t V .rt "V'VtAWMfr .V .AV. V A JACOBSONS jr WES ' ELDin, . ,Vi b . J-- luSUPPLYK tpi : . y y. " ' - .. S1K1 Winners in the contest were Betty Rex in the Automatic Transmission class and Dea Jacobsen in the Standard. Miss Rex, driving a 66 Mercury achieved a ton mile figure of 52.3. Mr. Jacobsen in a 65 Chev had 52.0 ton mile figure. Both drivers achieved 25 actual miles per gallon. Jacobsen Farm Supply at Randolph furnished the gasoline to the contestants in the run. Enthusiasm was high and participants vowed there would be a bigger and better con- test next year. The was a race without speed Country road winds through the old farm area on the F.B. exhibit. part of RichCountys Farm Bureau Day held September 9th. Other activities included the Dairy Princess Contest conducted by the County Womens Committee. Nine lovely young ladies were in the They were feted at a tea during which time they chatted with the judges. Later in the evening, the girls appeared before the group assembled for the Farm Buearu Annual Banquet at which time final judging was done. Picked as Princess was Darlene Rex, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Attendants are Rex, Randolph. Tana Hoffman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Verl Hoffman and She rlyn Cook daughter of Mr. and Mrs. contest. Rich County's "Race Without Speed" the first held in the state, was won by Dean Jacobsen in the standard transmission class and Betty Rex in the automatic transmission class. - v - y. . . . A . MMf JACOBSONS FARM SUPPLY Howland Cook, both of Randolph. Judges were Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Parrish, Logan, and Edis Tag- gart, Lewiston. Mr. Taggart is Vice President of the Cache County Farm Bureau. Speaker at the annual banquet was Elmo Hamilton, President of President Utah Farm Bureau. Hamilton reported on the Regional Governors Conference which he New attended at Alburquerque, of at Gothe invitation Mexico, Monday's wash on the line in this scene from F.B.'s farm panorama. vernor Rampton. Entertainment was furnished by last years State Farm Bureau Talent Find winners, Norma Knight and Seth Winterton, of Summit County. V. Allen Olsen, Ex- ecutive Secretary and Jacob Fuhriman of the State Farm Bureau staff were also in attendance. Rich County officers are Roy Hoffman, President; AllenFeller, Art McKinnon, Secretary and Afton Rex, chair- Vice President; Robert Johnson, Rich County Young People's Chairman; Betty Rex, race winner and Jake Fuhriman, State Young People's Advisor; pose in front of Jacobson's Farm Supply who furnished gasoline for the race. man Womens Committee. its ranks a single representative of a general farm organization. It was a hand picked group, the majority of whom were chosen because, of their political National Group Badly Split The National AdvisoryCommis-sio- n on Food and Fiber, which was supposed to come up with a new direction in U.S. farm policy with the minority ob split 4, 16-1- jecting to many of the majoritys recommendations. These recommendations read as was to be expected, since the Commission of 30 people did not include among or eco- nomic learnings. The majority recommends: that more direct payments to farmers be substituted for present types of subsidies; that farm workers be brought under the National Labor lations Board; Re- Cattle loading pens on the Farm Bureau exhibit sustained slight damage from overly curious youngsters. that farmers pay unemployment Insurance on workers; that we sell food commodities to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, as we do any other country. We might report that Farm Bureau members intend to go right ahead deciding what they think are the best kind of farm policies, blue ribbon commission or no commission. |